Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
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Question reference: S7W-02512
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage payroll deduction partnerships between employers, public bodies and credit unions, particularly across the public sector.
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Question reference: S7W-02509
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role credit unions play in supporting financial inclusion and access to affordable credit.
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Question reference: S7W-02507
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commission research comparing vegetation and fuel loads across Scotland during the drought and wildfires of 2026 with those recorded during the drought of 1976, including through the use of LiDAR data, satellite imagery and historic land-management records.
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Question reference: S7W-02499
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what dedicated financial and technical support it is currently providing to regional transport partnerships, including the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT), to assist in the development of bus service franchising business cases under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.
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Question reference: S7W-02508
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether its Chief Scientific Adviser for Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture has provided advice on the use of LiDAR technology to assess wildfire risk and, if so, whether it will publish any such advice.
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Question reference: S7W-02515
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what role it anticipates credit unions will play in supporting financial education, tackling illegal money lending and contributing to child poverty prevention.
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Question reference: S7W-02514
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to credit unions to modernise their digital infrastructure and increase access to ethical community finance.
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Question reference: S7W-02486
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the membership is of the partnership group for the Glasgow People’s Palace and Winter Gardens restoration project.
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Question reference: S7W-02504
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will evaluate municipal procurement and heritage conservation policies in other countries, including Dublin's historic cast-iron street furniture framework, Paris's standards for historic street furniture, Washington DC's historic lighting requirements and Vienna's heritage preservation policies, to inform any strategy for sustaining Scotland's architectural iron foundry sector and traditional manufacturing skills.
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Question reference: S7W-02513
- Asked by: Martyn Day, MSP for Falkirk East and Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 August 2026
- Current Status: Answer expected on 15 September 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to involve credit unions and financial co-operatives in the delivery of community wealth building.
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